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Is LeBron James of the Miami Heat better than Michael Jordan?
Added June 3rd, 2011 by Scott

Is LeBron James of the Miami Heat better than Michael Jordan?

After the Miami Heat beat the Chicago Bulls in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals and punched their ticket to the NBA Finals, former Bulls forward Scottie Pippen made a bold statement by saying that LeBron James might be a better all-around player than former teammate Michael Jordan.

Ever since MJ called it a career after a short stint with the Washington Wizards, the debate over who will be heir to the throne as the best player in the NBA and possibly of all-time began. The clear favorite to be Michael Jordan’s successor as the best basketball player to play the game was Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers.

With Kobe the closest in comparison in terms of championship rings and the consensus that he was the best player in the league, there was no real debate about who was next in line, but when LeBron James burst on the scene in 2003 some people believed he could be on his way to being the greatest of all-time.

The one big knock on LeBron ever since he came into the league with the Cleveland Cavaliers is his inability to hit big shots with the game on the line and the fact that he has failed to win an NBA title. Winning MVPs has been no challenge for LeBron has he already has two to his credit, but the rings have eluded him.

In the playoffs so far, LeBron has stepped up his game and become the kind of closer everyone has been waiting for, but he still has to win that NBA title to convince people that he has made that next step towards being compared to arguably the greatest player of all-time.

Personally, I think LeBron can do some things that MJ couldn’t, but in terms of all-around game, Jordan was and still is the best the NBA has ever seen.

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2 Responses to “Is LeBron James of the Miami Heat better than Michael Jordan?”

  1. Dennis says:
    July 24, 2025 at 1:19 pm

    Just to add, to me, back in the day, Charles Barkley had the same sort of hype as being the best.. but you know what.. in the playoffs - he could score 40 points against a PEAKING JORDAN. THATS impressive..

    LeBron struggled against a aged veteran team, Dallas. (good luck to Dallas though, Dirk, Terry adn the crew deserved it imo)

  2. Dennis says:
    July 24, 2025 at 1:16 pm

    I think this article is dribble. What is it that makes this guy stand out so much to you, and to even be in the same building of comparison with Michael Jordan. Im a Jordan fan, thats ok, but facts are facts.

    Steve Nash has won MVPs as well, and he is simply regarded as a great player. What makes you think that LeBron, with even 3 championships, will make him as good as Kobe, let alone Jordan.

    There are things LeBron will never be able to do that Jordan has done;

    -Be loyal to a team
    -take responsiblity for his team “that is why I succeed”
    -Win 6 in 7 seasons
    -Score 63 as a rookie in the playoffs against the best team in the league
    -dunk from the free throw line with his tongue hangin out
    -take the big shots
    -hit the big shots
    -Change his body 6 times in the air only to score on the centre - on top of the centre some times
    -Have a jumper that is deadly all the time
    -Exceed the hype, as opposed to falling short of it.

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